Starter quiz
- Some of the poetry you'll read as part of your poetry study is based on World War One. What are the dates for World War One?
- 1913-1917
- 1914-1916
- 1914-1918 ✓
- 1915-1920
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- What is a theme in literature?
- a key idea or topic ✓
- the background of the text
- the character development
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- What method is used in this sentence: 'It was the biggest pizza she'd ever seen.'?
- simile
- superlative ✓
- personification
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- A particular attitude towards something or a point of view is known as a ______.
- 'perspective' ✓
- ______ is the social, historical or cultural background of a text.
- 'context' ✓
- What is meant by the term propaganda?
- information, based on truth and fact, used to promote a cause
- information, especially of a misleading nature, used to promote a cause ✓
- information, of a truthful nature, used to condemn a cause
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Exit quiz
- Match the keywords with their definitions.
- honour⇔behaving with integrity and moral dignity ✓
- propaganda⇔manipulative information disseminated to influence opinions ✓
- brutal⇔extremely cruel, harsh or violent ✓
- sensationalise⇔present information in an exaggerated or attention-grabbing way ✓
- cynicism⇔sceptical or distrustful attitude towards motives ✓
- What is a poetry anthology?
- a collection of poems connected by time period
- a collection of poems connected to themes ✓
- a collection of poems connected to context
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- Before reading a poem, analysing the ______ can help you make predictions about what it's going to be about.
- 'title' ✓
- Which quotation taken from Jessie Pope's 'Who's for the Game' suggests the war is exciting?
- "biggest" ✓
- "stand"
- "job"
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- Arguably poets who have had firsthand experience of war depict the __________ of it.
- glory
- brutality ✓
- honour
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- Sometimes poets ______ dying for your country as a form of propaganda.
- 'sensationalise' ✓
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Key learning points
- Poets have been writing about wars for hundreds of years.
- Sometimes poets sensationalise dying for your country as a form of propaganda.
- Poets who have first hand experience of combat often depict the brutal reality of war.
- Some of the poems in the Edexcel ‘Conflict’ anthology reflect on experiences of particular wars in history.
Common misconception
All of the poems in this anthology focus on a particular war from history.
There are some war poems in the anthology which focus on particular conflicts (e.g. 'Destruction of Sennacherib' and 'Charge of the Light Brigade') but others which focus more on societal conflicts (e.g. racism, social class).
Keywords
Honour - behaving with integrity, and moral dignity; show respect or admiration for someone
Propaganda - manipulative information disseminated to influence opinions, often biased or misleading
Brutal - extremely cruel, harsh, or violent in action or manner
Sensationalise - present information in an exaggerated or attention-grabbing way to evoke shock or excitement
Cynicism - sceptical or distrustful attitude towards motives, sincerity, or the goodness of human nature